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February 2005 - Posts

Spinnaker and race training
Spinnaker and race training… This week was going to be fun Monday 14th /Tuseday15th We were split into our three boats each with a crew of 7 we set off from Middle Harbour Yacht Club(MHYC) and the plan was to practice spinnakers and racing around Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:23 PM by karen | 1026 Comments
Oz week three
Second 5 day off shore passage Monday 7th our crew of five Jess(skipper), David, Geoff, Sally and myself were off to Middle Harbour Yacht Club for 10:30 and the general steps were taken for on a off shore passage, I was sent up the mast to do the rigging Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:09 AM by karen | 1 Comments
Oz Week Two
Monday 31st off we set heading for Newcastle about 60 miles north of Sydney this was to be our first over night passage with our skipper Joe (at the helm). As we headed out of the heads of Sydney the sea state changed but this was evened out by the sun Read More...
Posted: Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:00 PM by karen | 765 Comments
Oz Week one
Monday 24th Jan - boat handling day one We were collected at 10:30 and driven to the Middle Harbour Yacht Club in Sydney. There we split into two groups; one to do yacht sailing and then dinghy sailing and the other to do the reverse. I was in the yachting Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:58 PM by karen | 797 Comments
First Weekend
Saturday 22nd Jan After waking to a beautiful Sydney day, we decided to go to the beach. We spent most of the day lazing around on the sand, with the guys surfing and playing frisbee and football. We had a nice meal, cooked by Jess, and then at around Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:00 PM by karen | 788 Comments
Stage Two - Sydney
Well after a lovely five weeks off over Christmas, I arrived in Sydney for stage two of the Flying Fish Yachtmaster course after a 22 hour flight via Hong Kong. We are based in Manly (just North of Sydney centre) in accomodation provided by Flying Fish Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:40 PM by karen | 9 Comments
Colorado
We jetted off to Colorado on the 31st December to spend the New Year with Paul and family, skiing. The flight was fine and we arrived safely to be picked up by our door-to-door ski express service (provided by Paul!) Unfortunately Elisa (Paul's wife) Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:26 PM by karen | 775 Comments
Happy New Year!
Well it's been a little while since my last post. What with going away for the new year, then off to Australia for the next part of the course and then having trouble finding reliable internet connection out here it's been a little difficult. Anyway here Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:49 PM by karen | 1015 Comments